Transcript Slajd 1 - ZGSP Lasowice Wielkie

Poland began to form into a recognizable unitary
and territorial entity around the middle of the 10th century
under the Piast dynasty. Poland's first historically
documented ruler, Mieszko I, accepted baptism in 966 and
adopted Catholicism as the new official religion of his
subjects. In 1000 Boleslaw the Brave, continuing the policy
of his father Mieszko, held a Congress of Gniezno and
created the metropolis of Gniezno and the dioceses
of Kraków, Kołobrzeg, Wrocław.
From the mid-17th century, the huge state
entered a period of decline caused by
devastating wars and deterioration of the
country's system of government.
Significant internal reforms were introduced
during the later part of the 18th century, but the
reform process was not allowed to run its
course, as the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of
Prussia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
through a series of invasions and partitions
terminated the Commonwealth's independent
existence in 1795.
From then until 1918 there was no
independent Polish state.
The opportunity for freedom appeared only
after World War I, when the partitioning
imperial powers were defeated by war and
revolution.
WORLD WAR I
From then until 1918
there was no independent
Polish state.
The opportunity for
freedom appeared only
after World War I, when
the partitioning imperial
powers were defeated by
war and revolution.
The Second Polish Republic was
established and existed from 1918 to
1939. It was destroyed by Nazi
Germany and the Soviet Union by
their Invasion of Poland at the
beginning of World War II. Millions of
Polish citizens perished in the course
of the Nazi occupation.
BOGURODZICA
Bogurodzica ( Mother of God) is the oldest
Polish hymn. It was composed somewhere
between the 10th and 13th centuries. The
origin of the song is not clear.
Polish knights sang it as an anthem before the
Battle of Grunwald and during the battle with
the Turkish army at Varna in 1444.
Bogurodzica also accompanied the coronation
ceremonies of the first Jagiellonian kings.
DĄBROWSKI’S MAZURKA
"Dąbrowski's Mazurka" is the
national anthem of Poland. It is also
known by its original title, Pieśń
Legionów Polskich we Włoszech ,
"Song of the Polish Legions in
Italy", or by its incipit, Jeszcze
Polska nie zginęła , "Poland is not
yet lost" or "Poland has not yet
perished".
It was originally meant to boost the morale of
Polish soldiers serving under General Jan
Henryk Dąbrowski in the Polish Legions,
which were part of the French Revolutionary
Army led by General Napoléon Bonaparte in
its conquest of Italy. The mazurka,
expressing the idea that the nation of Poland,
despite lack of political independence, had
not disappeared as long as the Polish people
were still alive and fighting in its name, soon
became one of the most popular patriotic
songs in Poland.
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
Chopin was a Polish composer and
virtuoso pianist.
Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola, a
village in the Duchy of Warsaw. A
renowned child-prodigy pianist and
composer, he grew up in Warsaw and
completed his music education there;
he composed many of his mature
works in Warsaw before leaving
Poland in 1830 at age 20.
Chopin invented the
instrumental ballade and
made major innovations to
thepiano sonata, mazurka,
waltz, nocturne, polonaise,
étude, impromptu, scherzo
and prélude.